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7. Nothing people like better than being controlled

Wed Mar 24, 2021, 08:57 AM

Mar 2021

Great idea

The name isn't the problem. Gun control is actually popular.

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We Need To Stop Calling It 'Gun Control' & Start Calling It 'People Control'.... [View all] global1 Mar 2021 OP

Or Gun Safety Legislation CrackityJones75 Mar 2021 #1

That term just plays badly to the public. NutmegYankee Mar 2021 #2

Yeah, it would be a lot worse than "gun control." lagomorph777 Mar 2021 #6

Good luck with that! WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2021 #3

Nothing people like better than being controlled kcr Mar 2021 #7

We don't have the states where it isn't popular kcr Mar 2021 #13

You are right. Demsrule86 Mar 2021 #16

To change the narrative, that's the exact wrong phrase JHB Mar 2021 #9

fork that noise Voltaire2 Mar 2021 #14

Why don't people need to pass a test to purchase a gun? forgotmylogin Mar 2021 #15

No. "Crime control" NYC Liberal Mar 2021 #17

Oh GOD no. WORSE label x1000. Maru Kitteh Mar 2021 #18